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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1265818" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>I don't know about Jools Holland, but many major feature films and prestige drama productions are broadcast on DVB-T2 with <strong>multi-channel sound</strong> (where "multi" means "more than two"). I am not sure whether this is what you are hearing.</p><p></p><p>The problem with multi-channel sound occurs when you play them through a stereo loudspeaker setup <em>without</em> an appropriate "mix down" from multi-channel to two-channel. I cannot now remember what the MP default is, but I have mine setup like this (see items in red box):</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]203578[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>If mix-down to stereo is not enabled, I find that speech is significantly quieter relative to the music and sound effects, compared to normal stereo broadcasts. An "equal" balance would probably be "0.7+0.7" (for some reason the mathematician in me says that the sum of the squares should add to one). My settings "0.8+0.6" give more emphasis to the center channel (but the sum of the squares still adds to one). You set these values in "MP Config" in the "Audio Decoder" settings in the "Codecs" section.</p><p></p><p>MP is a bit lax in its display of the multi-channel sound property. If you are watching live TV that has multi-channel sound, or recorded TV that has multi-channel sound, MP will <strong>not</strong> display the icon for it on the "Info" pop-up. If you are watching a video (e.g. recorded TV) that has multi-channel sound, MP <strong> can</strong> display the multi-channel logo, but usually doesn't. This is because it displays the property for the start of the recording, which (with pre-padding) is usually the programme <em>preceding</em> the film or drama production that has the multi-channel sound.</p><p></p><p>The only reliable way to tell if a programme has multi-channel sound is to look at your TV's "Info" display when the programme is broadcast -- that will (probably) indicate the type of sound being received (stereo or multi-channel). My Sony TV does this.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1265818, member: 141969"] I don't know about Jools Holland, but many major feature films and prestige drama productions are broadcast on DVB-T2 with [b]multi-channel sound[/b] (where "multi" means "more than two"). I am not sure whether this is what you are hearing. The problem with multi-channel sound occurs when you play them through a stereo loudspeaker setup [i]without[/i] an appropriate "mix down" from multi-channel to two-channel. I cannot now remember what the MP default is, but I have mine setup like this (see items in red box): [ATTACH]203578[/ATTACH] If mix-down to stereo is not enabled, I find that speech is significantly quieter relative to the music and sound effects, compared to normal stereo broadcasts. An "equal" balance would probably be "0.7+0.7" (for some reason the mathematician in me says that the sum of the squares should add to one). My settings "0.8+0.6" give more emphasis to the center channel (but the sum of the squares still adds to one). You set these values in "MP Config" in the "Audio Decoder" settings in the "Codecs" section. MP is a bit lax in its display of the multi-channel sound property. If you are watching live TV that has multi-channel sound, or recorded TV that has multi-channel sound, MP will [b]not[/b] display the icon for it on the "Info" pop-up. If you are watching a video (e.g. recorded TV) that has multi-channel sound, MP [b] can[/b] display the multi-channel logo, but usually doesn't. This is because it displays the property for the start of the recording, which (with pre-padding) is usually the programme [i]preceding[/i] the film or drama production that has the multi-channel sound. The only reliable way to tell if a programme has multi-channel sound is to look at your TV's "Info" display when the programme is broadcast -- that will (probably) indicate the type of sound being received (stereo or multi-channel). My Sony TV does this. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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